The NCAA Record

August 31, 1998

Georgia State names head softball coach

Georgia State has selected Phyllis Guedry as head softball coach. Guedry succeeds Bob Heck, who helped establish the program in 1983. Heck also served as head coach for more than 14 years.

Most recently, Guedry fulfilled recruiting, coaching and administrative duties as an assistant coach at LSU. Prior to joining the LSU staff, Guedry served as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Nicholls State, for two seasons. In addition to working at numerous camps and clinics, Guedry led a 16-and-under American Softball Association team to a state championship and a berth in the national tournament in 1994.

Collegiately, Guedry was a four-time letter winner in softball at Nicholls State and captured All-Louisiana Collegiate Softball Freshman-of-the-Year honors in 1990. She also was an all-conference catcher.

Guedry has a bachelor of arts degree in general studies from Nicholls State.

GENERAL

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

James Lackenmier resigned as president at King's (Pennsylvania), effective June 30, 1999 ... Jacksonville State President Harold J. McGee announced plans to retire, effective June 1999 ... L. Douglas Wilder withdrew his acceptance of the presidency at Virginia Union.

DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Easton Lebouef, associate athletics director at Nicholls State, elevated to acting athletics director, succeeding Mike Knight, who will be reassigned to the division of student affairs at the school, effective September 1 ... North Dakota's Terry Wanless resigned as athletics director, effective June 30, 1999. Wanless has held the position since 1990 ... Jim Datka named athletics director at St. Scholastica ... Rita Wiggs, athletics director at Methodist since 1991, resigned. The school selected Bob McEvoy, assistant athletics director for the past three years, to replace Wiggs ... Saint Joseph's (Indiana) announced Martin W. Smith as athletics director, succeeding Lynn Plett. Smith has been athletics director at Ottawa University (Kansas).

ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTORS

Cornell chose John McKeown as associate athletics director for business operations. McKeown has been director of business operations for the school's Johnson Graduate School of Management since 1988 ... Ginger Fulton hired as associate athletics director for administration and senior woman administrator at Seton Hall. For the past six years, Fulton has been an athletics administrator at Xavier ... Frank Ellwood, senior associate athletics director at Georgia Southern since 1990, announced plans to retire ... Bradley's John Butler resigned as associate athletics director for external affairs ... St. Bonaventure promoted Barbara Hick to senior associate director of athletics, effective July 1, 1998 ... Sheryl Sousa appointed associate athletics director and volleyball coach at Brandeis. Sousa has been associate director of athletics at Binghamton for the past six years ... Virginia Tech hired Jeff Long as associate athletics director for administration and David Chambers as associate athletics director for external affairs ... Auburn named Virgil Starks associate athletics director for student services.

ASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTORS

Kennesaw State head baseball coach Mike Sansing accepted expanded duties as assistant athletics director for external affairs, and head softball coach Scott Whitlock accepted additional duties as assistant ath-
letics director for internal affairs ... Mick Keelan named assistant director of athletics for facilities and event management at Fordham. Keelan has been coordinator of basketball operations at Pennsylvania since 1996 ... Texas chose Jerry Johnson as assistant athletics director for women's athletics marketing. Johnson has held various positions with Converse Inc. for the past 17 years ... Barbara Kowal promoted to assistant athletics director for women's media relations at Texas after serving as women's media relations director since April 1997 ... Hofstra named Kevin Delaney assistant athletics director for compliance ... Missouri-Kansas City announced Randall Hallett as interim assistant athletics director ... Bill Berger selected as assistant athletics director for sports information at Quinnipiac. Berger was sports information director at the school ... Northern Kentucky announced Scott Eaton as assistant athletics director for administration. Eaton most recently worked at Brown as assistant men's basketball coach and special assistant to the athletics director ... New Orleans named Melanie Richardson assistant athletics director and senior woman administrator. Richardson has been assistant athletics director for compliance at Southwestern Louisiana ... Julie Cromer hired as assistant athletics director/senior woman administrator at Wright State. Cromer, who succeeds Peg Wynkoop, was an assistant commissioner at the Midwestern Collegiate Conference ... Xavier promoted Greg Amodio to assistant athletics direc-
tor for marketing. Amodio has been assistant director of marketing at the school ... Annette Smith-Knight promoted to assistant athletics director for basketball operations for women's basketball at Texas. Smith-Knight was assistant women's basketball coach at the school for six years ... Butler named Liz Turner assistant athletics director for compliance ... Ingrid Wicker selected as interim assistant athletics director for internal affairs at North Carolina Central. Wicker, who was head women's volleyball and softball coach, will remain head volleyball coach and relinquish coaching duties in softball ... Messiah chose Jerry Stonge as assistant athletics director for facilities and equipment ... Dara Worrell promoted to assistant athletics director for tickets and business at Tennessee. Worrell has been women's athletics ticket/business manager at the school for three years.

SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR

Rita Peduzzi resigned as senior woman administrator and women's basketball coach at Lehman.

COACHES

Baseball--Fitchburg State announced John Sherlock as head coach, replacing John McGuirk. Sherlock has been assistant baseball coach at the high-school level for the past seven years ... Illinois-Chicago named Mike Dee head coach. Dee, who succeeds Dean Refakes, has spent the past 11 years as an assistant coach at Minnesota ... John Griffin hired as head coach at Westfield State. Griffin has coached at the Hartford (Connecticut) Public High School and with the South Hadley American Legion since 1987 ... Millikin selected Jeff Holm as coach.

Baseball assistants--Gary Puccio and Carmen Carrone added as assistant coaches at Dowling ... Miami (Ohio) appointed Matt Jackson assistant coach ... Texas-San Antonio named James "Chip" Durham and Jeremy Tyson as assistant coaches.

Men's basketball--Stew Morrill selected to succeed Larry Eustachy as head coach at Utah State. Morrill has been head coach at Colorado State for the past seven seasons ... Lehman announced Darryl Jacobs as coach ... Charlie Brock named head coach at Springfield, replacing Mike Theulen. Brock has been head coach at Trinity (Texas) for the past nine years ... Miami (Florida) eight-year head coach Leonard Hamilton awarded five-year contract extension through 2003 ... Cal Poly San Luis Obispo extended the contract of head coach Jeff Schneider through the 2002-03 season ... South Carolina State extended the contract of head coach Cy Alexander ... Bob Donewald awarded five-year contract extension as head coach at Western Michigan.

Men's basketball assistants--Billy Taylor named assistant coach at Notre Dame ... Pacific (California) added Monty Owens as an assistant coach ... Wright State hired former National Basketball Association player "Rocket" Rod Foster as an assistant coach, succeeding Otis Hughley ... Mike Voyack promoted to associate head coach and Bill Carpenter promoted to assistant coach at Dowling ... John Combs selected as administrative assistant for basketball at South Carolina ... Rhode Island hired Jim Harrick Jr. as an assistant coach ... Brad Burris accepted the position of coordinator of basketball operations at Dayton ... Duquesne added Kenya Hunter and Josh Oppenheimer as assistant coaches ... Doug Novak appointed assistant coach at Francis Marion, succeeding Shane Garman ... Vermont selected Jim Adams as an assistant coach, replacing Matt Mahar ... Brandon Johnson resigned as assistant coach at Clayton State to accept an assistant coaching post at Jacksonville State ... New Orleans added Nikita Johnson as an assistant coach, succeeding Ronnie Dean ... Eric Stang and Shawn Kopishke chosen as assistant coaches at St. Scholastica ... Colgate appointed Kevin Curley third assistant coach ... John Mahoney accepted the assistant coaching position at Robert Morris ... Kennesaw State named David Marshall assistant coach.

Women's basketball--Sherri Murrell chosen as head coach at Pacific (California), succeeding Melissa Taketa. Murrell was top assistant coach at Portland State for the last two seasons ... Misericordia appointed Jeanne Dupree head coach and coordinator of athletics facilities. Dupree has been an assistant at Cortland State for the last three years ... Metropolitan State added Mike Power as head coach ... Laura Timmons selected as head coach at Mars Hill, replacing Sylvia White. For the past five years, Timmons has been assistant women's basketball coach at Presbyterian ... Anthony Crocitto, two-year assistant at Dowling, promoted to head coach, succeeding Phil Stern ... Southern Connecticut State named Joe Frager as head coach, succeeding Tony Barone ... Lake Superior State chose Kris Bullock as head coach. Bullock, an assistant coach with the program in 1997-98, succeeds Gwen Wilkie ... Carolyn Mair selected as head coach at Shippensburg. Mair, an assistant at Alderson-Broaddus for four seasons, succeeds Dave Smith ... New Paltz State named Richard Thornton as head coach.

Women's basketball assistants--Virginia Commonwealth announced Meredith Sisson as assistant coach ... Sue Cardillo, assistant coach at Lehman, resigned ... Tina Langley accepted the graduate assistant coaching post at Toledo ... Wentworth Institute named Sue Patchett assistant coach ... Sewanee (University of the South) added Christi Martin as assistant basketball and assistant volleyball coach ... Bob Clark selected as an assistant coach at Georgetown ... Therman Bronaugh, Rhonda Singleton and Lori Gear appointed assistant coaches at Seton Hall ... Ashland chose Marla Cleveland and Susan Koering as assistants ... Fred Applin and Karen Aston added as assistants at Texas ... Nicholls State hired Vicki Giffin as assistant coach ... Brian Neal selected as assistant coach at Northern Kentucky ... Kirsten McKnight joined Oregon as an assistant coach, succeeding Sara Wilson ... Coppin State chose Billie Harris as an assistant ... Kathy Long Brandt named as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Chico State for the 1998-99 season ... Portland State named Bruce Henderson assistant coach to succeed Sherri Murrell ... Ginny Doyle added as an assistant at Rhode Island ... Lake Superior State announced Kristen Grant as an assistant ... Nikki Caldwell appointed administrative assistant at Tennessee, succeeding Sherry Dihel. The school also selected Alysiah Bond to succeed Kelly P. Sahner as director for basketball operations ... Chantel Williams accepted the assistant coaching position at Fairfield ... Butler chose Samantha Williams as an assistant.

Men's and women's cross country--Scott Swain chosen as head men's coach and CHAMPS/Life Skills coordinator at Xavier. Swain succeeds Randy Cox as cross country coach and Mark Gaffney as CHAMPS/Life Skills coordinator ... Lake Forest named Mike Wajerski head men's and women's coach. Wajerski has been assistant cross country and track and field coach at Carthage for four years ... Southern Connecticut State elevated assistant Jack Maloney to head men's cross country and track coach, succeeding Wil Wright ... Tim Schmid appointed part-time men's and women's coach at Rockhurst ... Penn State-Behrend selected Richard Hoffman as men's and women's cross country and track and field coach ... Jim and Karen Brandt, husband and wife, named co-head coaches of men's and women's cross country at Susquehanna. The Brandts replace Chris Straub after coaching on the high-school level for the past six years ...Wisconsin-Eau Claire appointed Scott Steuernagel head men's coach. Steuernagel has been head men's and women's cross country and track and field coach at Dubuque for two years.

Men's and women's cross country assistant--John Johnson chosen as men's and women's assistant cross country and track and field coach at South Dakota State.

Field hockey--Brockport State announced Nanette Fox as head coach. Fox served as an assistant coach with the program last season ... Penny Kempf selected to take over the field hockey program at Rowan. The school divided the field hockey and women's lacrosse programs, and Mary Marino will remain head lacrosse coach. Kempf has been women's field hockey and lacrosse assistant with the school since 1991 ... Kent extended the contract of head coach Kerry De Vries by three years through June 30, 2001 ... Kelly A. Kiernan appointed head coach at Centre.

Field hockey assistants--Bryn Mawr chose Alison K. Risser as assistant field hockey and assistant lacrosse coach ... Lisa Colucci chosen as assistant coach at Northwestern ... Hofstra named Eleanor Karvoski assistant coach ... Kelly Gorham appointed assistant coach at Rhode Island.

Football assistants--Hofstra added Tom Pajic as receivers and special teams coach ... Louisiana Tech named Lewis VanHoose as football equipment manager ... Scot Maynard, special teams coordinator and assistant secondary coach and Rich Bull, student assistant coach, resigned at Idaho State. Bull accepted an assistant football coaching position with Northern Iowa. The school appointed Deryl Henderson special teams coordinator ... Rhode Island promoted Pat Narduzzi to defensive coordinator and Mike Ziarko to full-time assistant coach. The school also chose Rob Sarvis, Kenny Brooks and Adam Hollis as assistant coaches ... Ray Gionta, Joe Henrich, Shawn Jones and Brett Sawyer appointed assistant coaches at Muhlenberg ... Centre selected Rob Tenyer as graduate assistant coach ... Joe Simmons named running backs coach and Kerry Harbor named graduate assistant offensive line coach at North Carolina Central ... Ferris State promoted Eric Eidsness to offensive coordinator, awarded additional responsibilities to offensive line coach Matt Limegrover as running game coordinator and hired Lyle Eidsness as running backs coach and special teams coordinator ... Stanley Mitchell appointed part-time linebackers coach at Morgan State ... Millsaps chose Drew Martin as offensive line coach ... Missouri-Rolla named Myron Dickerson defensive secondary coach ... Bob Larsen joined Cornell as defensive backs coach ... Mississippi Valley State defensive line coach Clyde Jefferson resigned ... Lebanon Valley added Peter Ewald as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks and receivers coach, Todd Smith as secondary coach, Rick Beard as special teams coordinator and linebackers coach, Ron Brewer as defensive line coach and Ed "Win" Heisey as running backs coach ... Joe Nemith and Michael Perry appointed graduate assistant coaches and Nick Spognardi and Jeremy Schwendeman named student assistant coaches at Akron.

Men's and women's golf--Chuck Bassler selected as golf coach at Virginia Commonwealth ... Troy Boone chosen as head men's coach at Messiah ... DePauw appointed Vince Lazar men's and women's coach ... Gwen Merritt added as women's coach at Alabama-Birmingham ... Mark Franzen named men's golf coach and men's basketball assistant coach at Wartburg. Franzen succeeds Kevin Giese and has been an assistant basketball coach at Coe since 1996 ... Kelly Meyers appointed head women's coach at Louisville. The squad is scheduled to begin competition in fall 1999. Meyers has been assistant golf coach at Florida for four seasons ... St. John Fisher selected Rob Kornaker head coach. Kornaker is director of residential life at the school ... James Schilling promoted to head men's golf coach at Nicholls State. Schilling replaces M. T. "Tic" Tatum after serving as an assistant last season.

Men's and women's golf assistants--Bradley announced Jeff Roche as men's and women's assistant coach ... Virginia Commonwealth added Ted Holstrom as assistant coach.

Women's gymnastics--Melissa Kutcher chosen as head coach, replacing Dan Garcia. Kutcher has been an assistant at Michigan for the last six seasons.

Men's ice hockey--Kevin Sneddon appointed coach at Union (New York) ... Salve Regina hired Bob Lavin, who has been a men's assistant ice hockey coach with Kent for the past three seasons ... Keith Hughes elevated to head coach at Assumption, replacing Tom Connors. Most recently, Hughes has been an assistant coach with the program.

Men's ice hockey assistants--Colgate named Stan Moore assistant coach ... Keith DeSchamp accepted the assistant coaching post at Wentworth Institute ... Bemidji State added Tom Serratore as associate head coach ... Marty Kilcourse selected as assistant coach at Assumption.

Women's ice hockey assistant--Colgate hired Catherine Hanson as assistant coach.

Men's lacrosse--Dave Webster chosen as head coach at Franklin & Marshall. For the past seven years, Webster has been head men's lacrosse coach and assistant director of athletics at Marymount (Virginia) ... Vermont selected Steve Beville as head coach. Beville, who succeeds Jeff Thomsen, has been head coach at Colorado College for the past 10 seasons ... Canisius head coach Mike Greco resigned after six seasons.

Men's lacrosse assistants--Richard Langtry and Brian Langtry appointed assistant coaches at Dowling ... Towson chose Stan Ross and Paul Cantabene as assistant coaches.

Women's lacrosse--Saint Anselm named Shannon M. O'Neil head coach. O'Neil spent last season as an assistant coach at Villanova.

Women's lacrosse assistants--Lisa Dixon added as full-time assistant coach at North Carolina ... Notre Dame hired Kathleen Ostar as an assistant coach.

Women's rifle--Karen Anthony announced as coach at Nebraska.

Men's and women's crew/rowing--New Hampshire named Brad Choyt as women's rowing coach ... Lisa Glenn appointed head women's rowing coach at Tennessee, succeeding Susannah Iacovino ... Delaware named Amanda Wemple head coach. The school is scheduled to begin varsity competition this fall ... Melanie Onufrieff selected as head women's rowing coach at Cornell. Onufrieff has been women's novice coach at Princeton for two years.

Men's and women's crew/rowing assistant--Brian Seiger announced as assistant rowing coach at Dowling.

Men's and women's skiing--Tim Gawenus appointed head coach at Saint Anselm. Gawenus most recently has been top assistant ski coach at MIT.

Men's soccer--Westminster (Pennsylvania) announced Girish Thakar as head coach, replacing John Hall ... Thiel added Bryan Williams as men's and women's coach and men's and women's track and field coach ... Troy Snyder elevated to the head coaching post at Goucher. Snyder, who replaces Jim Lyons, was an assistant at the school for three seasons ... Greensboro appointed Darren Powell as head men's coach and assistant women's soccer coach, succeeding Steve Allison.

Men's soccer assistants--Dan Isidor hired as assistant coach at Drew ... Dowling promoted Lou Maia to assistant coach ... Merchant Marine selected Jim Anson as assistant men's soccer coach, assistant lacrosse coach and assistant equipment manager ... Rob Martella announced as assistant coach at Bowling Green ... Larry Nees chosen as assistant coach for the 1998 season at Chico State.

Women's soccer--Michael Haines named head coach at Western Michigan. Haines replaces Katie O'Shaughnessy ... Jeff Schellenberger appointed head coach at Kutztown. Schellenberger, who was head women's soccer coach at Lebanon Valley last year, succeeds Diane Scott ... Shepherd announced Jennifer Storey as head coach. The school is slated to compete on the club level for two years before moving to varsity status in 2000 ... Patrick Goolsby chosen as head coach at Milwaukee School of Engineering, succeeding Becky Fitch ... Goucher announced April Simonsen as head coach. Simonsen replaces Billy Ronson ... Lori McLaren succeeds Herb Zettl as head coach at Springfield. McLaren has been an assistant women's soccer coach at Cornell for the past two years ... Rohan Naraine added as head coach at Coker ... Ryan Angel accepted the head coaching post at Salve Regina ... Rockhurst appointed Chico Borja head coach. Borja, an assistant men's coach at the school last season, succeeds Carl Capra.

Women's soccer assistants--South Alabama hired Donna Holyman as assistant coach ... Plattsburgh State selected Alexis Hyrup as assistant coach for the 1998 season ... LeRoy Neal named assistant coach at Portland State ... Stacy Bilodeau and Sarah Dacey added as assistant coaches at Boston College ... George Washington appointed Brian Pensky assistant coach ... Becky D'Aleo selected as assistant coach at Cornell ... David DiPiazza accepted the assistant coaching position at Samford ... Rhode Island named Sally Strauss assistant coach.

Softball--Brockport State selected John Dumaw as head coach. Dumaw, who was an assistant with the school in 1997-98, succeeds Jim Lodes ... Stacey Hollinger appointed head coach at Lebanon Valley. Hollinger will retain duties as assistant field hockey coach at the school, a position she has held for four seasons ... Eastern New Mexico announced Kathleen Rodriguez as head coach. Rodriguez has been head softball coach at Schreiner ... Leigh Ross-Shaw elevated to head coach at Bowling Green after serving as top assistant with the program for the past two years ... Angie Jacobs accepted the head coaching post at Miami (Ohio). Jacobs has been the top assistant coach at Utah for two years ... Joe McGovern resigned as head coach at Westfield State ... Texas-San Antonio named Corrie Hill head coach ... J. D. Hall promoted to head coach at North Carolina Central. Hall, who has been an assistant at the school for three years, will remain assistant football coach/offensive coordinator, a position he has fulfilled since 1993 ... Coppin State announced Derek Brown as interim head coach ... Northern Kentucky appointed Kathy Brown head coach.

Softball assistants--Long Beach State added Nicola Walsh as assistant coach and Deidre Oliver as undergraduate assistant coach ... Ball State hired Brenda Schrader as assistant coach ... Deb Sonnenberg named assistant coach at Kennesaw State ... Boston U. chose Tracey DuEst as assistant coach.

Men's and women's swimming/diving--Chuck Horton resigned as swimming coach at Alabama ... Virginia Tech selected Ned Skinner as men's and and women's swimming coach ... Jon Howell named head men's and women's swimming and diving coach at Emory. Howell has been an assistant at Clemson for two seasons ... Cornell women's swimming coach Pam Armold resigned to become assistant men's and women's swimming coach at Yale ... George Washington announced Dan Rhinehart as head swimming coach. Rhinehart, who replaces Marc Hagen, has been an assistant coach at the school since 1996.

Men's and women's swimming/diving assistants--Daria Kovarikova added as an assistant coach at Lebanon Valley ... Rhode Island selected Constance Dalton as assistant swimming and diving coach ... Kim Holmes succeeds Jenna Johnson as assistant women's swimming coach at Tennessee.

Men's and women's tennis--Kendell Hale chosen as full-time men's and women's coach at Rockhurst. Last season, Hale served as part-time men's tennis coach at the school ... Virginia Tech announced Jim Thompson as head men's coach. For the past four years, Thompson has been director of tennis and head men's and women's tennis coach at Chattanooga ... Jim Hamill appointed head men's and women's coach at Messiah ... Campbell named David Johnson head men's and women's coach. Johnson has been head men's and women's tennis coach at Mars Hill for six years ... Eric Eberhardt selected head men's and women's coach ... George Washington hired Tom Hawkins as head men's coach ... Wartburg head men's tennis coach Steve McKinstry accepted expanded duties as head women's tennis coach.

Men's and women's tennis assistants--South Alabama chose Joey Scrivano as assistant men's and women's coach ... Marty Davis accepted the position of assistant men's coach at California.

Men's and women's track and field--Rob Shostack resigned as head men's and women's track and field coach at Westfield State ... Radford appointed Pat Connolly women's track and field coach.

Men's and women's track and field assistants--Rick Wemple added as assistant track coach at Brown ... Michigan State named Kelli Bert assistant women's track and field and cross country coach.

Men's and women's volleyball--Coppin State hired Stephanie Ready as interim head volleyball coach and assistant softball coach ... Rick Swan appointed interim head volleyball coach at Colorado College. Swan most recently coached at the high-school level ... Steve Dallman selected as head volleyball coach at Missouri-Kansas City, replacing Michele Nelson. Dallman has spent the past year as an assistant coach at Louisville ... Dickinson hired Matt Richwine as head women's volleyball coach, succeeding Moira Long. Richwine served as an assistant with the program last season ... Ken Shibuya replaces Art Thatcher as volleyball coach at Christopher Newport ... Misericordia added Mike Kurilla as head women's coach. Kurilla has been an assistant coach at the school for the past two seasons ... American International selected Amy Perkins as head women's coach. Perkins has been men's club volleyball assistant coach at Trinity (Connecticut).

Men's and women's volleyball assistants--Murray State named Marlene Metti assistant women's coach ... Alex and Benita Kosalka, husband and wife, selected as assistant women's coaches at Dowling ... Nicholls State announced the hiring of Jennifer Fulkerson as assistant coach ... Leanne Kling appointed assistant coach at Bradley ... Anne Jackson chosen as assistant women's coach at James Madison ... Jeff Werneke accepted the assistant women's coaching post at East Tennessee State ... Tennessee named Brett Thomas assistant women's coach.

Wrestling--Joe Ryan appointed interim head coach at Seton Hall for the 1998-99 season. Ryan, an assistant coach with the program last season, succeeds Sonny Greenhalgh ... Sacred Heart added Brian Reardon as wrestling coach ... Troy Sunderland replaces John Fritz as head coach at Penn State. For the past two seasons, Sunderland has been an assistant wrestling coach at Navy.

Wrestling assistant--Oregon named Rick Stewart assistant coach.

STAFF

Academics--Tennessee promoted Jora Odom to associate director of academics and student life.

Academic advisor--Utah hired Chris Reilly as academic advisor.

Advancement--Kent named Moses Lewis coordinator for athletics advancement ... Terry Mohajir accepted the athletics advancement director post at Missouri-Kansas City.

Athletic trainers--Northern Kentucky chose Bill Twehues as head athletic trainer ... Sharon Oshita named athletic trainer at Utah ... Quinnipiac announced Ronald Ogrodowicz as head athletic trainer ... Sue A. Stanley selected as head athletic trainer at Centre ... Bryant added Carlo Cantarella as head athletic trainer ... Jason Vian hired as head athletic trainer at Earlham ... Paul T. Cutrufello accepted the head athletic trainer post at Scranton, succeeding John Roberston ... Delaware's Kevin W. Waninger resigned as sports medicine physician ... Dave Hammonds succeeds Scott Roberts as athletic trainer at Westminster (Missouri) ... Millikin chose Brian Azinger as athletic trainer ... Rockhurst appointed Sean Snyder full-time athletic trainer ... Amy Dorshaw accepted the women's athletic trainer post at North Carolina-Wilmington ... Mike Goforth named full-time athletic trainer at Virginia Tech.

Assistant athletic trainers--Jennifer Becker chosen as full-time assistant at Muhlenberg ... Hawaii-Hilo selected Michael Garcia as assistant athletic trainer ... Michelle Chumley added as graduate assistant at Centre ... Colgate hired Maureen Alonzo as resident assistant athletic trainer ... DeAnn Koehler appointed assistant athletic trainer at Texas ... Notre Dame announced David Key as assistant athletic trainer ... Catherine Johnson named full-time assistant at Tennessee ... Joshua King named assistant athletic trainer at Salve Regina ... Bucknell added Erin Cohick as assistant athletic trainer ... American announced Frank Mammoliti as assistant athletic trainer.

Business managers--Carolyn Kelley named athletics business manager at North Carolina Central ... Wright State appointed Heather Saunders as business manager.

Assistant business manager--Judith Chivers named assistant business manager at Wright State.

Compliance--Purdue chose Ed Howat as compliance coordinator, replacing Frank Dorazio.

Compliance assistant--Jackie Boston selected as assistant compliance coordinator at Illinois.

Equipment managers--Kathleen Saltis announced as athletics equipment and facilities supervisor at Springfield, succeeding Mike Bissaillon ... Michael Schepp assumed equipment manager responsibilities for ice hockey team at Colorado College ... Jerry Adams succeeds Bill Cooper as equipment manager at Delaware ... Fordham chose Phil Hollenbaugh as head equipment manager, replacing Ed Reilly.

Assistant equipment managers--David Gilbert added as assistant equipment manager at Notre Dame ... Purdue selected Chris Conklin as assistant equipment manager.

Facilities--Lee Duffy accepted the facilities coordinator post at North Carolina Central.

Marketing/promotions/public relations--Troy Hartmann appointed assistant director of marketing and promotions at Miami (Ohio) ... Chad Harberts chosen as marketing and promotions director at Missouri-Kansas City ... New Orleans hired Gary Gallup as director of athletics marketing and promotions ... Derek Scott assumed director of marketing and broadcasting duties at Ohio.

Marketing/promotions/public relations assistants--Akron announced Andrea Allman as sports marketing intern for 1998-99 ... Katie Laux selected as assistant director of marketing and promotions at Wright State ... Monica Cundiff appointed sports marketing coordinator and Peggy Cur- tin appointed publicity assistant at Notre Dame ... Kennesaw State announced Marcia Merck as marketing, promotions and development director ... Kerry Nordman named director of baseball promotions at Stetson.

Media relations--John Bianco promoted to director of media relations for men's athletics at Texas ... Cal Poly San Luis Obispo chose Jason Sullivan as director of athletics media relations.

Media relations assistants--Beau R. M. Doolittle selected as athletics media relations intern for 1998-99 at South Alabama ... Beth Bresnahan and Shawna Murphy added as athletics media relations assistants at Massachusetts-Lowell ... Scott McConnell accepted the position of assistant media relations director for men's athletics at Texas.

Operations--San Francisco selected Mark Papadopoulos as director of game operations and ticket manager.

Operations assistant--Jeanette Morganti appointed assistant director of game operations and facilities at San Francisco.

Public information--Wittenburg announced Kristin Evans as public information officer.

Recreation--Eric M. Sabean accepted the position of director of recreation, intramurals and facilities at Saint Anselm ... Saint Michael's added Betsy Brothers as director of intramural and recreation programs.

Sports information--Traci Huntemann-Piatt selected as sports information director at Wisconsin-Milwaukee ... Lance Fleming hired as director of sports information at Abilene Christian, succeeding Garner Roberts ... Michael Levin accepted the sports information director position at Coe ... Lehman announced John Balkam as sports information director ... Stephanie Ryan added as sports information director at Franklin & Marshall, replacing Tom Byrnes ... Lake Forest's Scott Rucker accepted expanded responsibilities as sports information director. Rucker will remain assistant men's basketball coach at the school, a position he held last season ... Defiance selected Leonard Reich as sports information director ... Eric Sieger assumed sports information director responsibilities at Alma.

Sports information assistants--Springfield named Brad Wilson sports information intern for the 1998-99 season ... Chad Benditz accepted duties as sports information intern at Akron for 1998-99 ... David B. Snow chosen as sports information director at Murray State ... Missouri-Kansas City appointed Michelle Copeland assistant sports information director ... William & Mary added Daniel Booth as assistant sports information director ... Notre Dame appointed Eric Wachter sports information assistant ... Courtney A. Erickson named assistant sports information director at Hartwick ... Indiana/Purdue-Indianapolis announced Sara Unrue as assistant sports information director ... Derek Smolik and Lara Thornton added as assistant sports information directors at Central Florida ... North Carolina-Wilmington appointed Chad Jackson as assistant sports information director.

Strength and conditioning--Fordham named Jason George head strength and conditioning coach ... Thomas Rohling selected as strength and conditioning coach at Samford ... T. J. Ragan appointed supervisor of fitness center and strength and conditioning coach at Colgate.

Strength and conditioning assistants--West Virginia announced Mike Barwis as assistant strength and conditioning coach. The school also selected Christie Ammons, Steve Bissett and Bryan Washington as graduate assistant strength and conditioning coaches ... Heather Mason chosen as assistant strength and conditioning coach at Notre Dame.

Student services--Northeast Louisiana promoted Carlos Funchess to coordinator of student-athlete services. Funchess had been assistant men's basketball coach ... Eddie Ferrell elevated to director of student life at Virginia Tech, succeeding Derek Carter.

Ticket operations--Tom Kutey announced as ticket and game operations director at Missouri-Kansas City ... Shawna Potts accepted the athletics ticket manager post at Montana State ... North Texas named Jeremi Warner athletics ticket manager ... Virginia Tech promoted Sandy Smith to director of ticketing services, replacing Tom McNeer.

Ticket operations assistant--Marah Wich named assistant ticket manager at Notre Dame.

CONFERENCES

The Pacific-10 Conference added Doreen Evans as administrative fellow and hired Ben Brinkman and Jennifer Gonzalez as 1998-99 public relations interns.

Charles R. Ward appointed director of public relations for the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Ward succeeds Charles E. Mooney.

The Big East selected Jim Siedliski as director of sports administration.

Keith Grant named assistant commissioner for compliance and championships for the Northeast Conference.

ASSOCIATIONS

Patty Viverito, Gateway Conference commissioner and Missouri Valley Conference senior associate commissioner, elected vice-chair of the National Association of Sports Officials.

CORRECTIONS

The school at which Cody Bush was named sports information director was listed incorrectly in The Record section of the August 3 edition of The NCAA News. Bush was named sports information director at Westminster (Missouri).

Two future sites in Division I men's golf were listed incorrectly in the August 3 issue of The NCAA News. The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, will host the 1999 championships and Auburn University will host the championships in 2000.

NOTABLES

Tony Decker, strength and conditioning coach at Delaware, selected as the 1998 National Strength and Conditioning Association Professional of the Year. Decker has served on the Delaware staff for 10 years, including six years as head strength and conditioning coach.

Fresno State head softball coach Margie Wright was named 1998 United States Olympic Committee's National Coach of the the Year in Softball. Wright also was selected as the 1998 NCAA National Coach of the Year.

DEATHS